>This Sunday, for the first time anyone can remember, Britain's Queen Elizabeth II missed Christmas church service. But she still spoke to her country through her annual Christmas Broadcast, which was prerecorded.
>The queen, who has a bad cold, spoke of being inspired by the medal winners from the U.K. in the Olympic and Paralympic games this year, as well as the doctors, paramedics and crew she met while opening a new base for the East Anglian Air Ambulance.
She has until Saturday to make 2016 the greatest meme year
Landon Ramirez
>mfw
Caleb Rivera
well she need more sacrifices then
James Peterson
>cuck of wales comes out saying we should all bow down to mohammed >few days later we find out Queen is very ill obviously not a coincidence, the royalty is making sure when the Queen dies the first thing leftists thing of when hearing charles name is 'oh he's very tolerant'
Henry Williams
>butthurt over royal family
literally nobody cares, stop being a retarded ausfag.
Kevin Johnson
Of course you don't fucking care you stupid burger but we all do (unless you're that guy who moved to yank land)
Blake Perez
She's been sick before. This isn't something new.
She's only 90. Her mother lived to 101, she's still got at least 15 years left
Aiden Myers
it's nothing, she'll live way into the 20s
Jonathan Parker
she'll be fine
Parker Campbell
hes a cuck but thats not what he said at all, infact he was talking about the oppression christian minority groups receive in the middle east. he wasnt defending islam he was defending christians
Caleb Nguyen
tfw no queen elizabeth II gf
Nathaniel Hill
How will the monarch situation in Britain be after she dies?
Are the heir to the throne as liked as her?
Aiden Wood
>hating the queen Are you even fucking white?
Leo Davis
the country will basically go into chaos for a while
and no, millions have grown up with the queen as our ruler, charles would have to earn his respect after years but even then he wouldnt be as liked. infact if the queen does die, it would make some question whether or not we should continue with the monarchy
Luis Rivera
>go into chaos for a while
No it won't. We'll get a national holiday, a new statue or water fountain and lots of newsclips of people crying and then we'll go back to normal.
Cooper Rodriguez
The rabidly anti-queen guy is not white, admitted so after one of his 3-hour troll threads
Ryan Bailey
>How will the monarch situation in Britain be after she dies? The Queen is dead, long live the King
>Are the heir to the throne as liked as her? No. But the heir to the heir, Prince William (+ Kate) are extremely popular, on the same levels as the Queen
Also the Monarchy as an institution is seen as important by the British public, when the Queen dies the Monarchy go on
Luke Gutierrez
>tfw the UK makes monarchy trendy again
we all gonna be kangz n shiet again
Logan Johnson
Can't wait for the Queen's Deathday Holiday.
Levi Perry
Like fuck will it go to chaos, you either haven't got a clue or you're too young to remember the queen mother dying It'll be a few days of public mourning, Charles would most probably pass on the throne because he's too old and I don't think he really wants it after the Diana mess, plus William's been modelled for this job his whole life Nothing will change whether Charles takes it or leaves it, maybe it'd be more culturally relevant around the world if it was Wills just because he'd be our poster boy and more generations can relate to him than Charles
Williams liked a lot more than Charles, plus the public would lap up the fact that George is next in line because he's just so kawaii desu ~
Josiah Green
That Royal Wedding did wonders for PR.
Robert Miller
what's his problem
why does he even care
Colton Lee
Autism.
Xavier Hill
Charles may lack charisma but throughout his lifetime he has done fantastic things with all his grants and charities. They raise like £100m annually.
It's kind of of sad it doesn't get acknowledged more by the press.
Ayden Kelly
I don't see Charles passing on it because of age or popularity. That family is big on tradition. The British royal family do things by the book unless there's a really good reason not to.
What will happen is Charles becomes King, but the new Prince of Wales, William, is given a very prominent role and goes to lots of the overseas visits and ceremonies.
I'm sure he still needs plenty of training before he can be a good King anyways
No way we're getting a national holiday. That's so unlike the Queen, she wouldn't want that. She'd want us to just get on with things as normal.
Jaxon King
>For at least 12 days — between her passing, the funeral and beyond — Britain will grind to a halt. It'll cost the British economy billions in lost earnings. The stock markets and banks will close for an indefinite period. And both the funeral and the subsequent coronation will become formal national holidays, each with an estimated economic hit to GDP of between £1.2 and £6 billion, to say nothing of organisational costs.
But to focus on the financial disruption doesn't begin to describe the sheer magnitude of it. It will be an event unlike anything Britain has ever seen before. There will be trivial disruptions — the BBC will cancel all comedy shows, for example — and jarring cultural changes. Prince Charles may change his name, for instance, and the words of the national anthem will be changed, too.
Nathan Walker
Underrated post
Julian Martin
to continue and strengthen public opinion of the monarch, we need king willy to directly succeed liz
Jaxon Gutierrez
Business Insider doesn't actually know what will happen. It will be different to the last monarch death which was so long ago. I doubt the BBC will start cancelling comedy shows this time round.
Josiah Bailey
>I'm sure he still needs plenty of training before he can be a good King anyways They don't do anything, what training will they need. Their responsibility is to just smile at the camera.
I only like elizabeth II, after that no more loyalty from me
Grayson Robinson
>Le meme article Do you legitimately believe that the economy will grind to a halt, all comedy cancelled and the Empire will reform?
Hunter Robinson
The comedy one is actual BBC policy.
Jaxson Turner
whether or not you believe the economy will grind to a halt, it is confirmed comedy will be cancelled for a week or so. that is fact
Sebastian Ross
>They don't do anything, what training will they need. Their responsibility is to just smile at the camera. They do more than smile at the camera. They're ambassadors of the country. Read the queen's website it tells you about her schedule which is quite intense for a 90 year old lady.
>I only like elizabeth II, after that no more loyalty from me I don't care who you like
Samuel Green
>The comedy one is actual BBC policy. It was BBC policy in 1952, have you got a source from the BBC that it will happen this time?
Joshua Harris
Sorry lad I didn't realise you had a source from a fortune teller, I can't compete with people who know the future
Or, you're just a dumb underage fuck who doesn't understand how concrete our monarch system is, the Queen Mother showed us that there will be lots of public mourning but no bullshit 'chaos', everyone would just get on with their lives I'd say it'd be on the same level as when MJ / Bowie died
Juan Harris
The TV detector vans will be roaming making sure citizens of the realm aren't watching prerecorded comedy and any who are caught will be tried for treason.
Leo Evans
>turn off bedroom lights >voice goes "hee hee hee" in my head fucking going schizo i swear
Austin Ross
>I'd say it'd be on the same level as when MJ / Bowie died
It'll be more than that. Bigger than Diana certainly but there won't be any "chaos".
Michael Campbell
wrong thread sorry meant for /brit/
even if BBC does there are loads of other channels that will keep going, some are entirely comedy channels why would they lose a whole week of business
Gavin Harris
Why MJ died people just made paedo jokes and only the later generations knew who Bowie even was.
Joshua Sanders
last time Sup Forums cried wolf about this they said she was already dead
shut up, who even cares?
Ethan Jones
The Daily mail claims that the BBC will do it until she's planted. Not sure how credible the source is, knowing British """"journalism""""
Isaiah Rodriguez
it is policy you ponce theyve reiterated that it will happen again this time around
and how the fuck do you think you know how it will go down??
>I'd say it'd be on the same level as when MJ / Bowie died
what a load of shite, the queen has touched the lives of more people than bowie. think how long liz has been around, bowie is a legend but its mainly middle aged people and champagne socialist students which were affected by his death. youre a retard if you think they'd even be on the same level
Nathaniel Bell
Musicians are entertainers, the Queen just sort of exists, a holdover from a more primitive time.
Jonathan Bennett
Serious question: how long do you guys reckon the English monarchy will survive?
With CoE attendance plummeting (it's at like 1%), their roles as heads of church are just ceremonial.
I understand they're popular with the white natives, but how long until the immigrants are a large enough group to take the monarchy out of power?
Lincoln Brooks
are you agreeing with me or no choose wisely
Ian Perry
>The Daily mail claims Ah yes...
>knowing British """"journalism"""" British tabloid press =/= all British journalism. Or is Fosters an authentic Australian beer because it's advertised as such? Yeah I thought not.
>theyve reiterated that it will happen again this time around Then you should be able to post a source, shouldn't you
Thomas Anderson
Monarchy isn't only popular with white Brits.
Austin Fisher
Plenty of Immigrants love the Monarchy same as native whites. The Monarchy is less religious leaders now than it is just something that exists.
David Peterson
When the queen dies, I'll be heading to the city centre to join my fellow republicans in the celebrations that follow.
It'll be a big media show but few average people will probably care, except out of nostalgia. I don't know how it is in the motherland but the queen is so far removed from daily life in Aus that not everyone knows that she's head of state.
Dominic Foster
It won't be bigger than Diana purely because of the circumstances, her death was a lot more shocking
This whole post reaks of underage, you have to have been born in the 2000s
The Queen hasn't, she's just been the poster girl for the country. It's the money raised through their foundations (and our taxes) which touched all these people rather than her personally, and when she dies the mantle will simply be passed on and everything will carry on as normal
There would be a week max of postings on social media of how much everyone loved her and Top 10 Queen Lizzie Moments bollocks, but instantly the process will begin for moving Charles as her replacement and there would be no chaos of any kind, you're fucking retarded if you think the Queen herself is personally responsible for keeping everything together, when she does we will still wake up the next day exactly the same as before
I compared it to the deaths of those major artists because that's all there will be, public mourning and social media tributes but complete normality in our day to day lives, no chaos whatsoever
Henry Edwards
well id say the reaction will be different in australia than it is in britain, either way the whole world will be watching and will know its a big deal
Luke Robinson
>the queen has touched the lives of more people than bowie
Nah, that's bullshit. The christmas speeches and pompous monarchy tradtitions only effect the british public. Bowie's music touched the hearts of men and women on a global scale.
Ian Turner
>Labour
Jaxon Lewis
>This whole post reaks of underage, you have to have been born in the 2000s
1992 m8, Bowie to me is that bloke I occasionally heard on Radio 2.
Evan Nguyen
Surprisingly low for a party founded on the principles of socialism and marxism
David Jones
What was so great about the royal wedding (other than Kate being a cute)?
Nolan Cooper
so how are her replacements looking? i heard some aussies complain that since after her the monarchy will probably be left with that goofy ass old guy or the ginger/balding dude, they might as well just become a republic
Parker Brown
Make George king please
Gabriel Jones
He knows a commie dictator heir when he sees it.
Nolan Ward
>all these republicųcks fantasising about our Liz dying
get a fuckin life lmao
Kevin Nguyen
Does Justin know?
Isaac Reyes
>saves pictures of an ugly hag
Look who's talking mate ahahaha
Benjamin Morris
Probably not. Poc related is Pierre Trudeau.
Brayden Sanders
I like the British because they're really ugly but very smart. It makes uglier people seem more attractive to me and people often deride me for having interest in ugly girls. They're not ugly, they're just British. They can't help it.
Josiah Sullivan
They're not ugly, they're just British. They can't help it I'm glad you finally understand
Adam Mitchell
>the choice of king charles or republicianism
Jeremiah Ross
He can always get DIANAED
Jayden Hall
>prerecorded message to her country so brits think they are "her country" and they badly need a message from their queen so she even records it? this is so fucked up
Christopher Baker
Post yfw Willy and Charlie die in car crashes before Liz croaks
Liam Hughes
you are weird people admiring the fucking parasites
Carson Lopez
Just remember, once you go republic you can't go back
